A blog devoted to all things related to running in Brooklyn. It's designed to provide information and help us all get better while we learn about the people we pass while running in Prospect Park, over the Brooklyn Bridge or down to Coney Island. Comments/thoughts/announcements can be sent to brooklynrunning(at)gmail.com.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Random Thoughts on a Monday Evening

A few moments to kill before delving into another episode of "Lost," so clearing out the inbox a bit ....

* I don't know if any of you dragged yourselves out of bed at the crack of dawn this morning, but if you did, you missed the smell of spring in the air. The sun was rising, the birds was chirping, and you could just tell. (This of course didn't last when I went for my run this evening amidst the cold drizzle)

* Offer a salute (real, finger, your pick) to to the Gowanus next time you cross over it: The latest Superfund site.

* Two separate conversations today about how folk are training for the Brooklyn Half. Completely random in some ways, but it's an indication that Brooklyn - even more so that the NYC Half - can cement its place as *the* spring race here in the city. Application is here.

* What are you doing Sunday morning. Want to run with Scott Jurek? There's a morning run at 8 a.m., sponsored by JackRabbit, sign up through Facebook.

I agree that it would be nice if they nixed one of the two loops of the park to change things up a bit; if not, I hope it's the same course as last year and ends at Coney Island. The thought of tackling the hill in the park at the end of the race is so intimidating!